I think it's a little unfair to label all of todays youth as out of shape. Not offended but just throwin it out there....
I'm a 19 year old male; last RSP I had 66 push-ups, 80 sit-ups, and a 13:20 2 mile. Not perfect, but pretty decent in my opinion. And there were still 2 YOUNG guys who scored higher than me.

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I think it's a little unfair to label all of todays youth as out of shape. Not offended but just throwin it out there....
I'm a 19 year old male; last RSP I had 66 push-ups, 80 sit-ups, and a 13:20 2 mile. Not perfect, but pretty decent in my opinion. And there were still 2 YOUNG guys who scored higher than me.

Don't get offended. We are stating that most of today's generation doesn't play outside like we did. No one said every single person is uot of shape. But as a whole it's getting worse and worse.

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Sorry I'm a year late, but what exactly does 30th AG entail? I read another thread that's three pages of "30th AG is **** on earth!" and "I'd rather go through the gas chamber again". Some people said they were there for two weeks! I'm shipping for BCT in June (09S and hopefully 31A after). I'm in a wedding I MUST attend 31 AUG 2012 - am I naive for thinking BCT will really last a MAX of 11 weeks?

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scroll up the page. find those youtube links, click the first one. he talks about reception. 30AG is awful, AWFUL. its boring and you sit around and get fat. no you are not naive. you will usually spend 2 weeks in reception and then basic is 9 weeks. you will find out when your grad date is when you get there. There is no more wedding you MUST attend. it is a wedding you would like to attend, unless the army says otherwise. Welcome to the Military!

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****.. Well thanks for the insight. I have MEPS next week, so I don't actually have my ship date yet, but if it happens to be 01 June then I will have 13 Weeks and 6 days before the wedding. Just have to decide now if I should risk it or wait till September to ship.

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****.. Well thanks for the insight. I have MEPS next week, so I don't actually have my ship date yet, but if it happens to be 01 June then I will have 13 Weeks and 6 days before the wedding. Just have to decide now if I should risk it or wait till September to ship.

talk to the meps people, explain the situation, try to get the earliest slot possible. IDK why you want to go as late as June 1. Most people who head off to benning tend to go at the end of april, early may. That is kind of peak season, so dont be surprised to have a may 10th date or something early like that. and if they offer it, take it take it take it! trying to get things how you want it at this stage will only delay things, and you might miss the wedding

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On the Benning website it says that reception is only supposed to last 3-5 days, so I was really shocked to hear how long some people were there. I'm still unclear on what exactly they'd be doing for 2 weeks of reception ?? Getting uniforms, haircuts, briefing, buying **** ... I know I must be missing some stuff, anyone want to fill in?

I'd like to go yesterday, but the reason I'm waiting till June is because I'm currently finishing my last semester at St. John's University in Queens and graduation is on May 13th. Figured I'd give myself 2 weeks to breath and get things in order before I ship.

On the Benning website it says that reception is only supposed to last 3-5 days, so I was really shocked to hear how long some people were there. I'm still unclear on what exactly they'd be doing for 2 weeks of reception ?? Getting uniforms, haircuts, briefing, buying **** ... I know I must be missing some stuff, anyone want to fill in?

In a perfect world it only last 3-5 days because that is how long it should take to do all that you actually have to do. However, if there are not enough people to start a class, you may end up waiting for enough people to get there and go through reception and that is where the 2 weeks can come from.